Breakfast Pizza

Last week, Pierce turned 17! He planned to have his D and D crew hang out in the evening as they usually do on Friday nights. What we didn't realize is that 3 of them were spending the night. He says he told us about it and even his sister remembered he was doing it- but I guess we missed it somehow! So I had 4 hungry teenage boys to feed in the morning and had to come up with something to make. I remembered I had made this breakfast pizza once before and decided to try it again.

20 oz shredded hash browns
1 onion, chopped fine
1/4 to 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
2 tbsp butter
12 eggs
10-12 slices bacon
4 oz diced ham (half a package)
shredded cheddar cheese - about 2 cups
salt and pepper for seasoning

Spray a 14 inch pizza pan with cooking spray. Melt the butter in a pan and add onion. Cook until soft. Mix cooked onions into shredded hash browns and spread onto a pizza pan. Season with salt and pepper. Bake at 425˚F for 20-25 minutes. Meanwhile, scramble the eggs and cook the bacon. When crust is done, remove from oven and sprinkle with scrambled eggs. Crumble the bacon and sprinkle over the pizza. Add ham and red bell pepper and any other toppings you want. (My family won't do mushrooms, but I thought they sounded good here.) Top with shredded cheese. Bake for an additional 20 to 25 minutes.

While the crust is baking, fry the bacon and cook the scrambled eggs.

Remove the crust from the oven and sprinkle with the scrambled eggs.
Next, crumble the bacon and sprinkle it over the eggs.
Follow the bacon with the diced ham and any other toppings your family loves such as onions, peppers or mushrooms.
Top it all with shredded cheese.
Return the breakfast pizza to the oven and bake for an additional 20-25 minutes.